Edwin Sydney JONES

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JONES, Edwin Sydney

Service Number:	896
Enlisted:	6 February 1915, Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 1884
Home Town:	Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales
Schooling:	Auburn Public School
Occupation:	Postal Assistant
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 22 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

6 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 896, 18th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 896, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 896, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Edwin and Elizabeth Sarah Jones.

Mother Mrs Jones lived at 7 Pittwater Road, Manly, then at Carroll’s Flat, Corso, Manly.

JONES.— Killed in action, August 22nd, 1915 (previously reported missing), Private Edwin Sydney Jones, dearly loved younger son of the late Edwin Jones and of Mrs. E. S. Jones, also loved brother of Walter and Margreta Jones, Carroll's Flat, Manly.

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